Why We Protect Our Phone More Than Ourselves - Cu nun si guarda, si perdi

Cu nun si guarda, si perdi – Why We Protect Our Phone More Than Ourselves

Most people know exactly how much battery is left on their phone.

Twenty percent?

Better find a charger.

Ten percent?

Panic.

Five percent?

Everything else can wait.

We carry power banks, extra cables, and fast chargers. We activate battery-saving mode. We avoid apps that consume too much energy.

We do everything possible to keep one small device alive.

But what about ourselves?

We sleep fewer hours than we should.

We skip meals because we’re busy.

We tell ourselves we’ll rest tomorrow.

We ignore stress because “everyone lives like this.”

Our phone warns us before it runs out of energy.

Our body often does the same.

Fatigue.

Difficulty concentrating.

Irritability.

A constant feeling of being exhausted.

The difference is that we usually pay attention to one notification and ignore the other.

The old Sicilian proverb says,

“Cu nun si guarda, si perdi.”

“Who doesn’t take care of themselves eventually loses themselves.”

Perhaps taking care of ourselves isn’t something we should do only after we’re completely drained.

We would never expect a phone to work for days without recharging it.

Yet we often expect exactly that from our own body and mind.

Maybe productivity isn’t about squeezing more out of every hour.

Maybe it’s about having enough energy to truly live the hours we already have.

At www.signorcarretto.com, I enjoy looking at ordinary habits that quietly reveal how we see the world.

So perhaps the real question isn’t whether your phone has enough battery.

It’s whether you do.